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Lying at the foot of the Premier League table and looking doomed to relegation, they last week parted company with German boss David Wagner.

During Sky Sports' coverage yesterday they thought they had spotted the man strongly linked to be his successor, Wagner's compatriot Jan Siewert, and dispatched a reporter into the stand to interview him.

However it transpired it was in fact just a lifelong City fan, Martin Warhurst from Wakefield, who was minding his own business watching the game.

The hilarious scene played out on the Sky TV cameras with the commentator rather sheepishly saying 'I think that's a no isn't it" as Martin laughed and told reporter Patrick Davison they had got the wrong man.

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Martin, who is chief executive of the Martin House hospice in Wetherby, said his 'love affair' with City goes back to his childhood.

He said afterwards: "It was bizarre. Basically what happened is I was sat in the crowd and suddenly I was aware of a guy coming towards me from the right-hand side.

"He said, 'Are you Jan, the new manager?' I laughed and said, 'No, no, that's not me. I'm Martin from Wakefield'.

“It was absolutely bizarre. I thought the guy who came over to me asking if I was Jan was going to say something like, ‘Excuse me, sir, but you’re sat in the wrong seat’. I had to double take when he asked me if I was Jan."

The clip quickly went viral on Twitter last night with Martin becoming an internet sensation.

And Hudderfield had some fun as they today officially unveiled Borussia Dortmund coach Siewert, 36, as their new boss today.

The club posted a video of Martin setting up, telling a pal on the phone: "Hi its Martin from Wakefield. Yep I'm the new head coach. You must have seen it was announced on Sky."